Writers Guild Award Nominees 2015

The Writers Guild Awards nominees were announced today, the latest major announcement of the 2015 awards season (after the Golden Globe noms).

Offering further clues to the Oscars shortlist (due January 15th), here’s are the film nominations:


Original Screenplay

Boyhood, by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher, by E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel, by Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler, by Dan Gilroy
Whiplash, by Damien Chazelle


Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper, by Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, James Defelice
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Guardians of the Galaxy, by James Gunn, Nicole Perlman, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
The Imitation Game, by Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges
Wild, by Nick Hornby, Cheryl Strayed


Documentary Screenplay

Finding Vivian Maier, by John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, by Brian Knappenberger
Last Days in Vietnam, by Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester
Red Army, by: Gabe Polsky